Saturday - July 28, 2007

Today was another beautiful day and the temperature in the truck hit 28 for quite a while. Thankfully there was a nice breeze so it didn’t feel as hot as it was.

We had a couple come in beside us today from Fort McMurray, they are relocating to a little town here where he grew up and are building a new home. She seems to be a bit unsure of the move but he seems quite keen. She said she is still not able to think about going to a dance and dancing with other women!!

Today we drove to Corner Brook and what a marvelous view of Corner Brook there is coming into it from the west on the Trans Canada Highway - we toured both sides of Bay of Islands, which is the bay going into Corner Brook.

We did the north side first and it was lovely, we drove to the end of the road at Cox Cove, but like yesterday there were no pull overs to enjoy the view. We did manage to stop at McIver’s and see the little off-shore island with the Arctic Terns, but again getting pictures was very difficult. We also got a good view of Blow Me Down Mountains across the bay and could see the snow on the side of the mountain – yukk!

We then drove the south shore to the end at Lark Harbour (this and York Harbour which we drove through were named after Capt. James Cook’s ships) and we toured Blow Me Down Provincial Park. The sites there are quite tight, there is no way we would be able to get in there, plus there are no amenities and other than one comfort station the toilets are pit, not exactly my cup of tea anymore! We couldn’t see the snow on the side of the mountain from this side so were glad we had been able to see it from the north shore.

We stopped at Dominion (same as our Zehrs) at Corner Brook and picked up a few groceries before heading back. All in all it was a nice day with very picturesque views but we both agreed that we enjoyed Port au Port better, we think it is more folksy looking.

As you have probably guessed we are again without internet, I did manage to pick it up in Corner Brook and checked my e-mail but didn’t stay long enough to post my blog as we had meat which we wanted to get home into the freezer. We are supposed to have it at Gros Morne so here’s hoping.